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• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
used an emergency order instructing Enterprise Energy Partners to prioritize
supplies on its line from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast due to a shortage of
heating fuel impacting several States. – Reuters

2.
February 7, Reuters – (National) U.S. orders priority propane
supplies to ease shortage. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission used an
emergency order under the Interstate Commerce Act for the first time to order Enterprise
Energy Partners to prioritize supplies on its line from the Gulf Coast to the
Northeast due to the shortage of heating fuel impacting several States across
the U.S. Source: http://kdal610.com/news/articles/2014/feb/07/senators-ask-white-house-for-propane-shortage-relief/

• A Romanian national was extradited and
charged in New Jersey February 7 with allegedly being the leader of an ATM
skimming group that stole at least $5 million from bank customers in four
States. – Associated PressSee item 5 below in the Financial
Services Sector

• Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma,
California, recalled approximately 8,742,700 pounds of beef products because it
processed diseased and unsound animals without the benefit of federal
inspection. – U.S. Department of Agriculture

13.
February 8, U.S. Department of Agriculture – (National) California
firm recalls unwholesome meat products produced without the benefit of full
inspection. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
Service announced that Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma, California,
recalled approximately 8,742,700 pounds of beef products because it processed
diseased and unsound animals without the benefit of federal inspection, leaving
the products unfit for human consumption. The company also recalled more than
40,000 pounds of meat products in January. Source: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014

• North Carolina’s environmental agency
acknowledged February 9 that they initially misread test results February 4 and
stated that water in the Dan River was safe after a massive coal ash spill when
it was in fact unsafe. – Associated Press

4. February 10,
Help Net Security – (International) Trojan steals Bitcoins and targets
OS X. Researchers at SecureMac identified a new trojan dubbed
OSX/CoinThief.A which infects systems running OS X and monitors Internet
traffic in order to steal login credentials for Bitcoin wallets and exchanges.
The trojan is disguised as an app called StealthBit used to send and receive
Bitcoin payments. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2702

5. February 7,
Associated Press – (International) Romanian charged in NJ for alleged
ATM ‘skimming.’ A Romanian national was charged in New Jersey February 7
with allegedly being the leader of an ATM skimming group that stole at least $5
million from bank customers in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Florida.
The accused was extradited from Sweden after he fled the U.S. following the
arrest of 12 alleged co-conspirators. Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/7/romanian-charged-in-nj-for-alleged-atm-skimming/

28. February 9, The Register – (International) RoR
Paperclip infested by content type spoofing bug. A Ruby on Rails developer
identified a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the Ruby on Rails Paperclip
uploader that could be extended to allow remote code execution. A new version
of Paperclip was released that addresses the vulnerability and users were
advised to update to it. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/09/content_type_spoofing_bug_in_ror_paperclip/

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U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"